The Labor enquirer., 1887-06-18
Mr.. Powderly Says That The
Knights Should
Educate"
Oh, BUT DO THEY DO Ir9
The "Ofiicial Journsl' Carefully An.
alyzed by the Critical Mind
Of. w. C. 0.

The proof Of the pudding is in the eat.
ing.
II have since that time seen the men
whose limbs were freed from the shackles,
bought, In their ignorance, for 40 cents a
day, and have seen the men who fought
for their freedom turned out TO make
room for them. have seen all this, and
have asked myself the question-is il
not time for me to be an Anarchist? Hold
on a minute! Il IL not time for me to
manufacture bombs? Wait minute! Il
II not time for me to fashion that most
powerful Of bombs, that most deadly OF
dynamite, that Ia not thrown from the
hand, but that goes out from the mouth
and the lungs, and the intellect OF man.
and that lightens up flame that no power
on earth will darken."-7errence !. Potp.
derlb Denrer, Mey9.
Good; very good; but unfortunately
hne words butter no parsnips. Let US
now enter upon little examination Of the
extent to which these sentiments have been
carried into practice.
The Knights Of Labor il an educational
institution; II Is constructed. as Mr.. Pow
derly so well puts II, to manufacture "the
dynamite Of the mouth" There are some
100000 engaged, or supposed to be en-.
gagged, in the manufacture of this dynal
mite; they cooperate, the whole 100000
of them, and give their united support ia
an organ which is their official mouth.
piece, the Journal Of United Labor. re-
cent copy lies before me as write. lie,
us look ut II closely, for IT should repay
the trouble; this, the speaking OF
100000 men, who constitute as is gener
ally supposed one of the most radical labor
organizations in the world. II has the
support of all the order, for every assem-
bly, Is assessed to kcep'it going; il is seven
years old; Is now in its one hundred and
twenty-ninth number; as the organ OF a
Cause the Irish World should pale beside it
As, with MI the harmony imaginable, the
whole order could not superintend its pub
lication, that has been entrusted to the ex
ecutive board; and Mr.. Chas. IL. Litchman
secretary Of the order, Is ut present editor
more responsible trust could scarcely be
putin mans hands; let US see how the
trust Is being fulfilled. The number
propose 10 criticise Is not specially Sc,
lected for the purpose; 1t is simply the
last that has come to hand, is dated, May
Z, and may be taken as an average sample
The paper Is now published weekly, a
great advance, the 100000 having until
recently been regarded as only able to sup
port u monthly publication. II is like
Henry Georges Standard and the ESqur.
HrH, an eight-page paper, but, at the rough
guess OF one who is not practical printer
It's eight pages could be packed into one
of the Standard, and about one and half
of the EsourRER. However, the best things
are generally tied up in the smallest par
oels-so. now for the contents.
Column one is principally occupied with
poem In favor Of woman's rights, an ex-
cellent beginning; since every thinker rec
ognizes that this is most important part
Of the social question. The next three and
n half columns are given to the only labor
article proper in the number. II has as
such the place of honor ON the front page;
is headed "The Liberty of Association
and is from the pen Of Cardinal Manning
In England as cabled to the Catholic Tab
let in the New York Herald. Space for.
bids n criticism Of the article, though l
may remark that II refers ut some length
10 the trades associations Of the Greeks
and Romans, and the old craft guilds, and
its profundity may be judged from the
following sentences: "In the new world.
which seems to be molding our future, a
workingman is n free man, both in his
person and in the labor of his hands, y
The gist Of the article however is that, for
the present, the Knights of Labor should
be tolerated by the Catholic authorities,
and the reasons are given at the
outset. As | am sure they will be novel
and interesting reading to most members
Of the order, quote them in ertenso:
"ln its first formation the association
nj the Knights Of Labor had more or less
THE marks Of u secret society, and as such
Tell reasonably under the censure of the
bishops of Canada. Since that time the
general master workman of the Knights
OF Labor has been changed. He is, as
Cardinal Gibbons attests, a faithful Cath.
oIie, and the organization has undergone
revision in all those points which ex-
posed II to censure.
Cardinal Gibbons aifirms:
First-'That In its constitution and laws